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Adventures into Terror (1951 Atlas/Marvel) 43 VG 4.0

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First issue of the series (despite numbering). "The Monster Awakes" (art by Russ Heath), "The Unknown Partner," "The Ant World," and "The Man Who Looked at Death." Heath cover. Cover price $0.10.

Amazing Adventures (1950 Ziff Davis) 1 GD/VG 3.0

Piece of tape on interior front cover.

Painted cover by Robert Gibson Jones. Stories and art by Wally Wood, Murphy Anderson, Ogden Whitney, Alex Schomburg, Jerry Siegel and Harry Sahle. Sci-fi and fantasy from Ziff-Davis, edited by the legendary co-creator of Superman, Jerry Siegel. Fortune-hunters return to the lost city of the Winged People to steal the diamond eye of their idol, in a story with art by comics legend Wally Wood. Vince breaks up with his Martian girlfriend Kit-E and goes to find the legendary Asteroid Witch, in a story with art by comics legend Murphy Anderson. Professors Graves and Arnold's serum accidentally transports them into the 4th dimension, and they must enter the timestream to escape, in a story with art by Golden Age legend Alex Schomburg. Plus the one-pager "Amazing Prophecies" by Ogden Whitney. ("Which nation will own the moon?") Painted cover by famed science fiction illustrator Robert Gibson Jones (Fantastic Adventures, Amazing Stories). The Asteroid Witch; A-Day; Winged Death on Venus; Trespasser in Time; The Stone Men; Amazing Facts from Nature; Cosmic Comics; Amazing Prophecies. 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Blackhawk (1944 1st Series) 30 CGC 4.5

Paper: Off white

Label #3729053001

Screaming out of the depths of space came fiery fragments of death! Can even the Blackhawks turn back the menace of the meteors? Featuring: 11 page Blackhawk story "Menace of the Meteors" drawn by Bill Quackenbush (?); 13 page Blackhawk story "Who Were the 3 and 30?" drawn by Reed Crandall; 5 page Chop Chop story "Tempest In a Teapot"; 1 page text story "The Plane From Nowhere." Cover by Bill Ward (?). 36 Pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Blue Bolt (1949) 106 CGC 4.0

Paper: Cream to off white

Label #4462925001

Cover by L. B. Cole. Stories and art by Jack Kirby, Joe Simon, Mickey Spillane, Larry Antonette and Basil Wolverton. L. B. Cole's Star Publications takes over the Blue Bolt series, and as the superhero craze wanes, Blue Bolt becomes a backup feature to Dick Cole in his own title. A reprint of the second Blue Bolt adventure, featuring the very first teaming of Captain America creators Joe Simon and Jack Kirby: Blue Bolt faces the Green Sorceress and her latest secret weapon, the Cyclotron. A Spacehawk adventure by Basil Wolverton, as Spacehawk faces Droon and The Queen of Neptune. The presence of a text story by future hardboiled detective author Mickey Spillane makes this a rare issue indeed, featuring early work by Spillane, Wolverton, AND Simon and Kirby. Blue Bolt; Sub-Zero Man; Terror in the Grass; Spacehawk. 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Captain America Comics (1941 Timely) 75 CGC 1.0

Paper: Light tan to off white

Cover Detached.

Label #2116774003

Includes: cover art by Gene Colan; Hoof Prints of Doom! horror story, Pencils by Colan; A Cigarette Stamped Death text story; Thing In the Chest horror story; and The Bat horror story. Cover title is Captain America's Weird Tales. 36 pgs. Cover price $0.10.

Captain Marvel Adventures (1941-1953 Fawcett) 109 VG- 3.5

Water damage.

Cover by C.C. Beck. Stories by Otto Binder and unknown. Art by C.C. Beck, Al Liederman and unknown. Captain Marvel (Billy Batson) stars in: "The Space Aggressor" with story by Otto Binder; "The Invention Inventor Machine" by Otto Binder and C.C. Beck; and "The Mystery of the Model Crimes" by Otto Binder and C.C. Beck. Plus: Captain Kid in "It Suits Him!" with art by Al Liederman. And: Jon Jarl in the 2-page text story "Jon Jarl Loses His Job" by Otto Binder (as Eando Binder). 36 Pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Captain Marvel Adventures (1941-1953 Fawcett) 115 GD/VG 3.0

Centerfold detached at one staple. Interior corner piece missing (slightly affects panel edge). Water spotting. Staple added (not manufacturing). Miswrap.

Cover by C.C. Beck. Stories by Otto Binder and Al Liederman. Art by Pete Costanza, C.C. Beck and Al Liederman. Stirring adventure with the World's Mightiest Mortal! Captain Marvel (Billy Batson) stars in: "The Day Civilization Went Backwards!" by Otto Binder and Pete Costanza; "The World's Mightiest Genie" by Otto Binder and Pete Costanza; "Mr. Tawny's Personality Peril" by Otto Binder and C.C. Beck (Tawky Tawny appearance); and "The Television Terror" by Otto Binder and Pete Costanza. Plus: Captain Kid in "The Double Date" by Al Liederman. And: Jon Jarl in the 2-page text story "Jon Jarl Saves 1950" with script by Otto Binder (as Eando Binder). 52 Pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Captain Marvel and The Good Humor Man (1950 Fawcett) 1 GD 2.0

Cover detached. Only one staple (manufacturing).

No Number. Partial photo cover with Jack Carson (movie star) & the Captain Marvel Club Boys. 36 pages, full color. Cover price $0.10.

Captain Marvel Jr. (1942-1953 Fawcett) 94 CBCS 7.5

Paper: Off white to white

Label #21-4088DC5-006

Cover by Kurt Schaffenberger. Stories by Bill Woolfolk, Howard Boughner, Art Helfant and Otto Binder. Art by Bud Thompson, Art Helfant, Howard Boughner and Joe Certa. Superhero action with Freddy Freeman, who gains the same powers as his hero Captain Marvel, better known these days as Shazam. Mrs. Wagner brings home an antique lamp that contains an ill-tempered genie, but even Captain Marvel Jr. can't foresee what happens when she plugs the lamp in to an electrical outlet. A nobody named Hiram Boggs tries to gain a reputation as the head of all the city's criminal rackets, just for fun, but that gets the attention of the real godfather. Kanvasback the boxer explains why he was looking for punctuation in his alphabet soup. The Menace of the Medicine Man; Kanvasback: Food Foolishness; The Lamp of Power; The Copy Cat; Judge Smudge; Rubbernose Randolph; Cook the Crook; The Lord of the Underworld; Movie Mogul Moglethorpe. 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Captain Science (1950) 1 GD 2.0

1" Cumulative spine split. Centerfold detached at one staple. Cover oxidation. Water damage.

Cover by Walter Johnson. Stories and art by Wally Wood, Walter Johnson and Gustav Schrotter. Sci-fi adventure from Youthful Magazines. While visiting New Mexico, scientist Gordon Dane is given an advanced supercomputer by the alien survivor of a flying-saucer crash, which he uses to become science-hero Captain Science. Using the computer, Captain Science learns that Hitler and other Axis leaders were actually aliens, and they have a new invasion planned for planet Earth. Archaeologist Tayne is transported by a strange crystal to another world, where he is welcomed as a legendary hero, in a story with early art by the legendary Wally Wood. Tracking the Flying Saucers; Traitors to the Earth; Destination Moon; The Monster God of Rogor; The Spawn of Saturn. 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Classics Illustrated 073 The Black Tulip (1950) 1 CGC 4.0

Paper: Off white

Label #3881453013

The Black Tulip, 1st (and only) Printing, Line Drawing Cover. (HRN 75, 7/50). Cover price $0.10.

Daredevil Comics (1941 Lev Gleason) 60 VG 4.0

Cover by Charles Biro. Stories and art by Charles Biro, Norman Maurer, Sidney M. Elias, Virginia Hubbell, and Carl Hubbell. This early superhero title was one of the comics that made publisher Lev Gleason a major player during the Golden Age. The Little Wise Guys leap into action after a boy falls into an abandoned well. Some gangsters try to frame Sniffer for a jewel robbery, but instead they make him the next Broadway sensation. Pee Wee's mountain-climbing pen pal from Switzerland decides to climb skyscrapers when he comes to the city. Daredevil and the Little Wise Guys: The Wise Guys and the Snow-Covered Trap!; Tips on Championship Basketball!; Daredevil: Pee Wee Meets a Human Fly!; Crimebuster: The Case of the Missing Case!; Sniffer. 48 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Eyeful (1943-1955 Eyeful Magazine Inc.^) Vol. 6 #4 VG

Volume 6, Issue 4 - February, 1950. Kevin Daly photo cover. Pictorials with captions. 8.5" x 11.5", 64 pages, B&W. -MATURE CONTENT- Cover price $0.25.

Fantastic Novels (1948-1951 New Publications) Canadian Edition Vol. 3 #5 FN

Paper: Cream to off white

Staple rust: Slight. Foreign edition: Canada.

Canadian Edition says "The World's Best Fantasy Fiction" on cover. Cover price $0.25.

Howdy Doody (1950-1956 Dell) 1 CGC 5.5

Paper: Off white to white

Label #4274512001

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Stories and art by Edward Kean and Dick Hall. An icon of 1950s Americana, Howdy Doody was a star of early television, and a mischievous Tom Sawyer-type adventurer in this comic. Howdy's first job is putting up advance posters for Phineas T. Bluster's 's Circus. While out sailing, Howdy Doody, Dilly Dally and Mr. Bluster encounter pirates who have been at sea for 200 years. Howdy tries to help Dilly Dally after he gets a job painting with Phineas T. Bluster's Circus. Meet Howdy Doody; Clarabell; Howdy and the Pirates; Howdy Doodlings; Flub-a-Dub; Phineas T. Bluster's 's Circus; Howdy's Camping Adventure; Dilly Dally; Howdy in Alaska; Meet Mr. Bluster. 48 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Jesse James (1950 Avon) 1 FR 1.0

6.5" Cumulative spine split. Cover coming loose at both staples.

Art by Joe Kubert and others. Cover by Gene Fawcette. True tales (some slightly embellished) of Old West outlaws, focusing on the James brothers and other real-life figures from history. The story of Jesse James is given a war-hero spin, as he fights for the Confederacy against the Union commander Redbeard Randolph, who humiliated his family. Joining the guerrilla band of Bloody Bill Anderson, he takes part in the Centralia Massacre before becoming a bandit and outlaw. Split-Second Stand In introduces Alabam, who becomes sheriff of Broken Creek after his family is murdered, with art by Joe Kubert. Bloody Bill Anderson; The Centralia Massacre; Split-Second Stand In!; The San Antonio Stage Robbery; The Great Plains Robbery! 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Modern Comics (1945) 99 CGC 7.0

Paper: Off white

Label #4334190001

Cover inks by Chuck Cuidera. Untitled stories starring Blackhawk, Zorak, and Telga; Torchy (script and art by Gill Fox), and Ezra (script and art by Harry Sahle). The Big Blowhard starring Will Bragg, art by Jack Cole. No Clue of Danger text story starring Blackhawk. 36 pgs. $0.10. Cover price $0.10.

Modern Comics (Canadian 1949-1950 Bell Features) 94 CGC 8.0

Paper: Off white to white

Modern Comics #94. Canadian Edition.

Label #4434569003

Canadian Edition. Reprints cover and material from Modern Comics (1945) #95. Cover pencils by Reed Crandall, inks by Chuck Cuidera. Untitled stories starring Blackhawk and King Earthquake, Torchy (script and art by Gill Fox), and Ezra. Moronic Hall starring Will Bragg. Blackhawk's Challenge text story starring Blackhawk. 34 Pages, Full Color.

Reggie (1950 Archie) 2 CGC 7.5

Paper: Cream to off white

Label #0005075009

Cover art by George Frese. "Patch As Patch Can," pencils by George Frese; Reggie tricks Archie, so that Betty can sew her patch on him for the Patch Hop, and he can then get Veronica to sew it on his; But Jughead and Archie team up to trick Reggie back and he ends up with Ophelia Krutzenhaber-Schnopper--NOT someone he wanted to go with! Super Duck ad. Archie ad. "Stag Shag Drag"; Archie talks Reggie into giving Jughead a haircut for the 'Stag Shag' Dance, so that's he's presentable and girls will ask him to dance; When they accidentally shave off all of his hair, With a wig, new clothes, and dancing lessons from Archie, Jughead ends up dancing with Veronica, leaving Reggie and Archie empty handed. "The Show Off" public service announcement; Reggie shows off his trick bicycle riding and gets into an accident. "To Be or Not To Be," pencils by George Frese; Reggie tries to stop playing practical jokes on people. "Time Out," pencils by George Frese; Reggie tries to get a date with Veronica for the big dance. "Archie, That Dog!"; Veronica has had a fight with Archie and now Reggie is her only man. "The Wrong Dope," pencils by George Frese; Reggie plays a prank on a guy asking for directions to the school. 36 pgs., full color. Cover price $0.10.

Secret Missions (1950) 1 VG+ 4.5

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Cover by Joe Kubert. Stories and art by Frank Thorne and others. Pre-James Bond secret-agent intrigue from St. John. The full title, according to the cover, is "Admiral Zacharias' Secret Missions, All True and Authentic." A transplanted American gangster gets in too deep when dealing in stolen US ships in China. International assassins seek a bounty on Yugoslavian leader Marshal Tito, in a story featuring early art by Frank Thorne. An American secret agent gets involved in Cold War covert ops, in a story that opens with the hero leaping from a speeding train. Cover by comics legend Joe Kubert. Tragedy for Traitors; The Island of Death!; Death Dates a Blonde Informer. 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Stalmannen (Swedish 1949-1969 Centerforlaget) Superman 1950, #13 FN+ 6.5

Swedish Series. Cover reprinted from World's Finest #44. Reprints material from various DC publications. This issue features Superman and Batman. 6-7/8" x 9-1/2", 36 pages, B&W, Swedish language.

Stalmannen (Swedish 1949-1969 Centerforlaget) Superman 1950, #17 VG/FN 5.0

Swedish Series. Cover reprinted from World's Finest #45. Reprints material from various DC publications. This issue features Superman and Batman. 6-7/8" x 9-1/2", 36 pages, B&W, Swedish language.

Startling Stories (1939-1955 Better Publications) Pulp Vol. 20 #3 GD 2.0

Volume 20, Issue 3 - January, 1950. Cover by Earle Bergey. Stories by A.E. Van Vogt, Edmond Hamilton, Kelvin Kent, William Morrison, L. Ron Hubbard (under pseudonym Rene LaFayette), Margaret St. Clair, J.W. Groves, and John D. MacDonald. 6.75-in. x 9.75-in.; black and white; 166 pages. Cover price $0.25.

Television Puppet Show (1950) 1 CGC 4.0

Paper: Cream to off white

Label #4074248010

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Sparky Smith in "The Sapture of Jesse Jim," Spotty the Pup in "Dream World" and "Big Business," Speedy Rabbit in "Carnival Daze," Illustrated text stories: "Snow White and the Magic Mirror," "The Country Mouse and the City Mouse," and "Puss in Boots." Back cover ad for Treasure Chest of the Worlds Best Comics that includes Captain America. Cover price $0.10.

Texan (1948 St. John) 11 GD 2.0

1.5" Cumulative spine split.

Cover by Matt Baker. Stories and art by Matt Baker and John Forte. "The Texan" and other heroes battle owlhoots and rustlers in the Old West. Renegade Sioux frame Hawk Knife in an attempt to start a war between the tribe and the Army, in one of three stories this issue with art by good-girl art legend Matt Baker. In another Baker story, the disappearance of a Texas Ranger forces The Texan to confront a town's self-appointed ruler, the "Hangman of Helldorado." Margo's ranch is targeted by land thieves, even though it's useless for raising cattle. Terrific cover by Baker. Thirty Yards to Justice; Hawk Knife: Bad Blood Brews a Massacre; About Horses; The Texan; Gun Law Blazes on Indian Mesa; Cheyenne Joe: The Ruse of the Snake River Raiders. 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Torchy (1949 Quality) 5 CGC 8.0

Paper: Cream to off white

Label #4373408009

Cover art by Bill Ward. Untitled story, art by Bill Ward; Ed wins money on the horses and takes Torchy and Tess out to dinner where Torchy's unravelling sweater dress causes a panic. Untitled story; Ed takes on a ventriloquist with a horse for client and accidentally becomes a circus performer. Untitled story; Ed starts a parking lot and borrows a car to teach Torchy how to drive; Unfortunately an identical car is used at almost the same time to rob a bank. "The Blonde Up Front" text story. Untitled story; Ed gets a job working at the wax museum and breaks a wax dummy of Cleopatra; Torchy dresses up as Cleopatra while Ed gets the dummy fixed, but ends up being lent out to a businessman's luncheon. 36 pgs., full color. Cover price $0.10.

True Comics (1941 Parents' Magazine Press) 84 CGC 5.5

Paper: Off white to white

Label #4434569008

Stories and art by Sam Glankoff, Henry C. Nicholas, Ernest Schroeder and Jack Sparling. Biography and history stories in comics form, part of a trend in non-fiction comics in the 1940s. Allan Pinkerton, founder of the Pinkerton Detective Agency and pioneer of private investigation; Henry Hudson explores the North American continent; Wyatt Earp and the shootout at the OK Corral. Sizzling Southpaw; First American Detective; Sheriff's Secret; Great Military Bluffs; Henry Hudson; King of the Buccaneers; The Deadly Phone Call. Final issue of the series. 32 pages, Full Color. NOTE: #80-84 are all newsprint editions that were distributed by mail only to subscribers (no newstand distribution). Cover price $0.10.

Weird Science (1950 E.C.) 2(13) CBCS 3.0

Paper: Off white to white

Label #24-35D4F68-003

Cover by Al Feldstein. Stories by Harvey Kurtzman, Bill Gaines and Al Feldstein. Art by Harvey Kurtzman, Jack Kamen, Harry Harrison, Wally Wood and Al Feldstein. NOTE: There are two issues in this series numbered 13. The issue pictured here, dated July/Aug 1950, although numbered 13, is the actual #2 in the series. The one dated July/Aug 1952 is issue # 13 in the series. EC's influential New Trend title featured some legendary sci-fi and comics artists. A scientist who's jealous of a rival's new job and bride uses a strange new invention to get even, in a Harvey Kurtzman story. A blind person is the only one immune to an invading alien's hypnotic powers, with art by Harry Harrison and Wally Wood. Feldstein and Gaines examine the real-life "flying saucer" phenomenon that swept America in the 1950s. Classic cover by Al Feldstein. The Flying Saucer Invasion; The Meteor Monster; Experiment; The Micro Race!; Sands of Time; The Man Who Raced Time. 36 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Whiz Comics (1940 Fawcett) 117 VG/FN 5.0

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Cover by Kurt Schaffenberger. Stories and art by Basil Wolverton, Otto Binder, Clem Weisbecker, and Kurt Schaffenberger. The Fawcett comic that introduced the original Captain Marvel (Shazam) to the world. Dr. Sivana's latest invention is "radar spectacles" that allow him to see, and torment, Captain Marvel from hundreds of miles away. Lance O'Casey tries to free Homer from an asylum where he's been unfairly committed, and almost winds up in a watery grave. An Egyptologist accidentally revives an evil pharaoh, and Ibis must put his spirit back where it belongs. Plus a "Culture Corner" strip by legendary cartoonist Basil Wolverton, featuring useless but hilarious advice on "How to Bow." And a vintage ad for The Captain Marvel Club, and a PSA for U.S. Savings Bonds featuring Captain Marvel. Captain Marvel Versus Sivana's Science; Happy Hal; Freshman Freddy: A Course in Salesmanship!; The Culture Corner; Golden Arrow: The Cattle Fraud; Wicky and O'Shawnessy; Lance O'Casey: The Plight of Homer Whittington, Jr.; Jim and Jam; Ibis the Invincible: Apollyon's Book; Happy Hal. 48 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

World's Finest (1941) 45 FR/GD 1.5 (R)

Trimmed

TRIMMED. 5.5" Cumulative spine split (taped). Tape on inside front cover, corner (margin) pieces torn from a few pages.

Cover art by Winslow Mortimer. Lois Lane and Clark Kent, Detectives starring Superman, script by Alvin Schwartz, pencils by Wayne Boring, inks by Stan Kaye. The Silver Dollar Clue starring Wyoming Kid, script by Ryerson Johnson, art by Howard Sherman. The Switchman of Crime starring Green Arrow and Switchman, script by Don Cameron, art by George Papp. Renegade Train Boss, art by George Roussos. Three Tasks for a Hero starring Zatara, script by George Kashdan, art by Ralph Mayo. Three Tasks for a Hero starring Zatara, script by George Kashdan, art by Ralph Mayo. Words About Music text article. The Historian of Crime starring Batman, script by Writer A, pencils by Bob Kane (Batman & Robin figures) and Lew Sayre Schwartz, inks by Stan Kaye; Batman suspects Professor Ezra Dorn of stealing historical artifacts. Code For Buddies public service announcement starring Superman, script by Jack Schiff, pencils by Al Plastino. 76 Pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.15.